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Record Nr.

UNINA9910955680703321

Autore

Wiskind-Elper Ora <1960->

Titolo

Tradition and fantasy in the tales of Reb Nahman of Bratslav / / Ora Wiskind-Elper

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c1998

ISBN

9781438424286

1438424280

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 310 pages)

Collana

SUNY series in Judaica

Disciplina

296.1/9

Soggetti

Hasidic parables - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-293) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- PREFACE -- Introduction -- Content -- The Poet's Self and the Poem -- 1. THE FIGURE OF THE ZADDIK -- 2. INNOVATION AND INSPIRATION: LINKING PAST TO FUTURE -- 3. THE APPROACHING REDEMPTION -- 4. AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ASPECTS -- Telling Tales -- or, The Physics and Metaphysics of Fiction -- 1. THE SANCTIFICATION OF FICTION IN HASIDIC TRADITION -- 2. ADOPTION OF NARRATIVE ELEMENTS FROM OTHER GENRES -- 3. THE TORAH AS TEXT AND ARCHETYPE -- 4. MULTIFARIOUS "TEXTS" AND THEIR SYMBOLIC VALUE -- The Romantic Drama -- 1. ROMANTICISM: A GENERAL DEFINITION -- 2. THE ROMANTIC QUEST -- 3. THE INDWELLING LIFE OF NATURE -- 4. IN GOD'S IMAGE HE CREATED HER -- The Dimension of the Fantastic -- 1. A CHARACTERIZATION OF THE FANTASTIC WORLD -- 2. PERCEPTION AND DECEPTION: TRANSMUTATIONS OF REALITY WITHIN THE TALE -- 3. BLURRING OF BOUNDARIES, SHIFTING IDENTITIES -- 5. THE EFFECT OF THE DIMENSION OF THE FANTASTIC ON THE LISTENER/READER -- Back Matter -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF SUBJECTS -- INDEX OF SOURCES -- Back Cover.

Sommario/riassunto

Considers the tales of Reb Nahman of Bratslav within a broad cultural milieu, including the romanticism of Reb Nahman's time, contemporary feminist hermeneutics, and the fantastic in various contexts.